9 canonical passages across 8 cases, quoted by 88 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Case v. Unified School District No. 233.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Case v. Unified School District No. 233 Anchor | green | “counsel for the party claiming the fees has the burden of proving hours to the district court by submitting meticulous, contemporaneous time records that reveal, for each lawyer for whom fees are sought, all hours for which compensation is requested and how those hours were allo…” | 23 |
| 2 | Caldo Mares and Sally Mares, His Wife v. Credit Bureau of Raton, and Janet Yarbrough, Individually, and in Her Official Capacity | green | “a general reduction of hours claimed in order to achieve what the court determines to be a reasonable number is not an erroneous method, so long as there is sufficient reason for its use.” | 20 |
| 3 | Case v. Unified School District No. 233 | green | “meticulous, contemporaneous time records that reveal, for each lawyer for whom fees are sought, all hours for which compensation is requested and how those hours were allotted to specific tasks.” | 13 |
| 4 | Ramos v. Lamm | green | “in determining what is a reasonable time in which to perform a given task,” | 7 |
| 5 | Jane L. v. Bangerter | green | “the fee applicant bears the burden of establishing entitlement to an award and documenting the appropriate hours expended and hourly rates.” | 7 |
| 6 | Centennial Archaeology, Inc. v. AECOM, Inc. | green | “the rules should deter the abuse implicit in carrying or forcing a discovery dispute to court when no genuine dispute exists.” | 7 |
| 7 | Ellis v. University Of Kansas Medical Center | green | “a district court abuses its discretion when it ignores the parties' market evidence and sets an attorney's hourly rate using the rates it consistently grants.” | 4 |
| 8 | Jones v. Eagle-North Hills Shopping Centre, L.P. | green | “the court may consider a request for attorney fees in light of its own knowledge and experience with or without the aid of witnesses as to value or hours dedicated to litigation.” | 4 |
| 9 | Anderson v. Secretary Of Health And Human Services | green | “the lodestar figure-reasonable hours times reasonable rate-is the mainstay of the calculation of a reasonable fee.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.